Introduction to Genetics

Introduction to Genetics

Poll

Would you rather fight 10 duck-sized horses, or 1 horse-sized duck?

• 10 duck-sized horses

• 1 horse-sized duck

• I'm a lover not a fighter

• Everyone catching these hands

Multiple Choice

The passing on of characteristics from parents to offspring is called

• paleontology

• heredity

• immunology

• geology

Multiple Choice

How many copies of every gene does an organism have?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

What are the different forms of a gene called?

• genites

• formations

• alleles

• RNA

Multiple Choice

The type of allele that hides all of the other forms of a gene is called?

• big ole strong one

• powerful

• dominant

• recessive

Multiple Choice

True or false? The way an organism looks is called phenotype

• True

• False